The Voice Kids is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The first series began airing on 10 June 2017, being broadcast on a weekly basis on ITV. It is hosted by Emma Willis and the coaches are will.i.am, Pixie Lott and Danny Jones. In the premiere series, Jess Folley won the competition and Pixie Lott was the winning coach.
Coaches In early 2016, along with the announcement that The Voice UK would move to ITV for three years, it was announced that The Voice Kids had been ordered for two series. The winner would receive £30,000 and a family trip to Disneyland Paris. Unlike the adult version, there will be no knockouts rounds. When it was previously reported that the adult version's sixth series would feature five live shows (which turned out to be the usual three), reports claimed that there would be three live shows; there will only be one.
In July 2016, it was announced that adult show coach will.i.am would also be a coach on The Voice Kids. On 15 November 2016, it was announced Pixie Lott and Danny Jones from McFly would be coaches along with will.i.am. Of this announcement, Pixie Lott commented, "I can’t wait to join The Voice Kids and help discover the next big star. I have such a passion for talented young people and I know the UK will have lots – I can’t wait to hear them! I’m looking forward to getting started and working alongside my fellow coaches will.i.am and Danny Jones." Jones stated, "I'm pumped about joining The Voice Kids team. There are so many talented kids out there, they just need to be heard and this is a great platform for them. I’m looking forward to finding some fresh talent and coaching them. You never know, there might be a mini McFly out there!" and will.i.am said, "Doing The Voice Kids with Pixie and Danny is going to be dope and I'm really excited to discover just how talented British kids can be." On the same day it was confirmed that Emma Willis will host the show and that Cel Spellman will host the spin-off show The V Room. On 20 May 2017, the trailer for the first series was released.
Teams
Colour key: Winner Finalist Eliminated in the Semi-final Eliminated in the Battles
Coach Top 36 Artists will.i.am Jake McKechnie Gina Philpot Brooke Layla Perry Cooke Zara Francis Francesca Luker Marby Arriola Lil' T Dominyka Marcinkeviciute Adam Moloney Victoria Wiltshire Cole Lawton-ChallengerPixie Lott Jess Folley Riccardo Atherton Lewis Blissett Sophia Burridge Miriam Nyarko Tabi Gervis Devon Browne Amaria Braithwaite Zena Donnelly Erin Connell Leah D'Cruz Chi Ennis McLean Danny Jones Erin LeCount Courtney Hadwin Jessica Richardson Jack Goodacre Juno Cox Hollie Firmin Nathan Johnston Jude Landeg Hayley Canham Eboni Green Millianna Cotterell Tilly McLaren
Blind auditions The open-auditions application for the first series closed on 2 September 2016, with the age limit being 7–14 years old. The show began staging producers' audition days in August 2016 across the United Kingdom., with the blind auditions beginning filming in December 2016.
Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.
Colour key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button Artist received a 3 Chair Turn
Episode 1 (10 June) The series premiered on 10 June aired from 7.45pm until 9.15pm BST.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Pixie Danny 1 Jessica Richardson 13 "Somebody to Love" 2 Leah D'Cruz 8 "Part of Your World″ — 3 Adam Moloney 14 "When You Love Someone" 4 Ryan Granger 13 "Hey There Delilah" — — — 5 Courtney Hadwin 12 "Nutbush City Limits" — — 6 Chi Ennis McLean 12 "Oh Happy Day" — — 7 Jude Landeg 13 "Treasure" — — 8 Charlotte Zone 11 "The Greatest" — — — 9 Lil' T 10 "Shutdown" 10 Riccardo Atherton 13 "Hallelujah"
Episode 2 (17 June) The second episode aired from 7.30pm until 9.00pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Pixie Danny 1 Jake McKechnie 12 "All of Me" — — 2 Jess Folley 14 "Ain't Got Far to Go" — 3 Amaria Braithwaite 14 "A Change Is Gonna Come" — 4 Sebastian Carrington 10 "Pie Jesu" — — — 5 Erin LeCount 13 "All About You" — — 6 Perry Cooke 14 "Stay with Me" — — 7 Tilly McLaren 10 "Brand New You" — — 8 Zena Donnelly 14 "Mamma Knows Best" — — 9 Brooke Layla 12 "Running Up That Hill" — 10 Georgia 9 "Lady of Knock" — — — 11 Jack Goodacre 11 "Free Fallin'"
Episode 3 (24 June) The third episode aired from 7.30pm until 9.00pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Pixie Danny 1 Sophia Burridge 12 "Purple Rain" — 2 Nathan Johnston 13 "Old Time Rock and Roll" — 3 Juno Cox 14 "Chasing Pavements" — 4 Eithne Cox 12 "I See the Light" — — — 5 Francesca Luker 13 "If I Ain't Got You" 6 Devon Browne 12 "Story of My Life" — 7 Zara Francis 11 "Virtual Insanity” — 8 Dominyka Marcinkeviciute 13 "Diamonds" — 9 Erin Connell 12 "On My Own" — — 10 Daisy Holmes 8"When I'm Gone" — — — 11 Hayley Canham 14 "Love Yourself" — — 12 Lewis Blissett 12 "Cry Me Out"
Episode 4 (1 July) The fourth episode aired from 7.30pm until 9.00pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Pixie Danny 1 Hollie Firmin 13 "Nothing's Real but Love" — — 2 Marby Arriola 14 "Slip" 3 Miriam Nyarko 14 "Hold Back the River" — 4 Kenya-Mae Allen-Burgess 10"One Day I'll Fly Away" — — — 5 Victoria Wiltshire 14 "O Mio Babbino Caro" — — 6 Cole Lawton-Challenger 13 "My Boo" — — 7 Eboni Green 14 "I Dreamed a Dream" — — 8 Sofia Cahill 14"99 Red Balloons" — — — 9 Tabi Gervis 14 "Songbird" — 10 Gina Philpot 13 "I Put a Spell on You" rowspan=3 — 11 Tomas 11"Piece by Piece" rowspan=2 — 12 Millianna Cotterell 14 "You've Got the Love"
Battle rounds Both battle rounds were held on Saturday 8/Sunday 9 July from 7.30pm until 9pm.
Colour key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Semi-final Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode 1 (8 July)
OrderCoach Artists Song 1 Team Pixie Zena Donnelly Miriam Nyarko Jess Folley "Little Me" 2 Team Danny Jude Landeg Tilly McLaren Jack Goodacre "Place Your Hands" 3 Team Will Perry Cooke Lil' T Cole Lawton-Challenger "Beggin'" 4 Team Danny Eboni Green Courtney Hadwin Hollie Firmin "Dancing in the Street" 5 Team Will Dominyka Marcinkeviciute Jake McKechnie Zara Francis "Never Forget You" 6 Team Pixie Tabi Gervis Riccardo Atherton Erin Connell "Over the Rainbow"
Episode 2 (9 July)
OrderCoach Artists Song 1 Team Pixie Leah D'Cruz Devon Browne Lewis Blissett "Thinking Out Loud" 2 Team Danny Jessica Richardson Nathan Johnston Millianna Cotterell "Runnin' (Lose It All)" 3 Team Will Marby Arriola Victoria Wiltshire Brooke Layla "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" 4 Team Danny Hayley Canham Juno Cox Erin LeCount "Eyes Shut" 5 Team Will Francesca Luker Gina Philpot Adam Moloney "As" 6 Team Pixie Chi Ennis McLean Sophia Burridge Amaria Braithwaite "When Love Takes Over"
Show details Results summary Team's colour key Team Will Team Pixie Team Danny
Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated Finalist
+ Results per artist Contestant Semi-final Final Jess Folley Safe Winner Riccardo Atherton Finalist Erin LeCount Courtney Hadwin Gina Philpot Jake McKechnie Lewis Blissett Eliminated Eliminated (Semi-Finals) Sophia Burridge Brooke Layla Perry Cooke Jack Goodacre Jessica Richardson
Semi-final (15 July) The semi final aired from 7.30pm until 9.30pm.
Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Danny Jones Courtney Hadwin "I Got You (I Feel Good)" Advanced 2 Erin LeCount "Adventure of a Lifetime" 3 Jack Goodacre "Just the Way You Are" Eliminated 4 Jessica Richardson "Unconditionally" 5 will.i.am Jake McKechnie "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Advanced 6 Brooke Layla "You're My World" Eliminated 7 Perry Cooke "Imagine" 8 Gina Philpot "At Last" Advanced 9 Pixie Lott Riccardo Atherton "Vision of Love" 10 Sophia Burridge "Stone Cold" Eliminated 11 Jess Folley "Tears" Advanced 12 Lewis Blissett "Who's Lovin' You" Eliminated
Final (16 July) The live final aired from 7.10pm until 9.00pm. This episode determined the winner of the £30,000 cash prize for his/her musical future and a family holiday to Disneyland Paris.
Group performances: Team Danny with Danny Jones ("Shine a Light"), Team Pixie with Pixie Lott ("Boys and Girls"), Team Will with will.i.am ("I Gotta Feeling") Musical guests: Niall Horan ("Slow Hands") and The Vamps ("Middle of the Night")
Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Danny Jones Courtney Hadwin "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Finalist 2 Pixie Lott Riccardo Atherton "Beauty and the Beast" 3 will.i.am Gina Philpot "I Say a Little Prayer" 4 Danny Jones Erin LeCount "Can't Help Falling in Love" 5Pixie LottJess Folley "Love on Top" Winner 6 will.i.am Jake McKechnie "Humble and Kind" Finalist
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